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Beef, No Chicken

By Derek Walcott

Year staged: 1989

Opening night: 08/03/1989

Theatre Company: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986

Staged in: Shaw Theatre

Cast Size: 13

Synopsis

Set in Trinidad, Beef No Chicken is a tragicomedy about a small town facing the encroachment of a six-lane highway.

 

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Beef, No Chicken

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

Year published: 1986

Original Cast

Calvin Simpson

Cardiff Joe

Shango Baku

Otto Hogan

Jo Martin

Drusilla Douglas

Ram John Holder

Eldrigde Franco

Carmen Munroe

Euphony Hogan

Susan Lycett

Mitzi Almandoz

Vincent Wong

Mr Lai-Fook

Jim Findley

Mr Mongroo

Syreeta Kumar

Sumintra Ramsingh

Ronny Cush

The Deacon

Roger Griffiths

The Limer

T Bone Wilson

The Mayor

Leroy Beresford

Cedric Hart

Sylvester Williams

Cast

Calvin Simpson

Cardiff Joe

Shango Baku

Otto Hogan

Jo Martin

Drusilla Douglas

Ram John Holder

Eldrigde Franco

Carmen Munroe

Euphony Hogan

Susan Lycett

Mitzi Almandoz

Vincent Wong

Mr Lai-Fook

Jim Findley

Mr Mongroo

Syreeta Kumar

Sumintra Ramsingh

Ronny Cush

The Deacon

Roger Griffiths

The Limer

T Bone Wilson

The Mayor

Leroy Beresford

Cedric Hart

Sylvester Williams

Cast

Production Team

Richard Moffat

Lighting

Geraldine Connor

Musical Director

Jackie Guy

Choreographer

Yvonne Brewster

Director

Francis Stevenson

Lighting

Ram John Holder

Musical Consultant

Curtis Lugay

Sound

Carmen Munroe

Assistant Director

Janey Gardiner

Designer

Richard Moffat

Lighting

Geraldine Connor

Musical Director

Jackie Guy

Choreographer

Yvonne Brewster

Director

Francis Stevenson

Lighting

Ram John Holder

Musical Consultant

Curtis Lugay

Sound

Carmen Munroe

Assistant Director

Janey Gardiner

Designer

Additional Materials

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 4034

British Library

Link to Audio Tapes

Audio Tapes

Ref: BTF/P/Y/4031

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Negatives

Negatives

Ref: BTF/P/Y/4026N

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Photographs

Photographs

Ref: BTF/P/Y/4021

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Photographs

Photographs

Ref: BTF/P/Y/4018

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Set Photographs

Set Photographs

Ref: BTF/P/Y/4017

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Receipt Book of Rehearsal Notes

Receipt Book of Rehearsal Notes

Ref: BTF/P/Y/4005

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Press Cuttings

Press Cuttings

Ref: BTF/P/1/4015

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: BTF/P/S/4033

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

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